New Horizons Encounters Arrokoth #1
by Mark Garlick/science Photo Library
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New Horizons Encounters Arrokoth #1
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Mark Garlick/science Photo Library
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New Horizons probe passing Arrokoth (2014 MU69) , illustration. In 2015, the NASA probe New Horizons arrived at Pluto after a decade-long flight. But its mission is not over. On 28 August 28 2015, scientists chose the Kuiper-Belt Object Arrokoth (previously Ultima Thule) as the next flyby target. After four course corrections, the probe is due to arrive on 1 January 2019. It will be the first ever encounter of a robotic probe with a classical Kuiper-Belt Object. Arrokoth is far smaller than Pluto, and may actually be two objects orbiting each other. This irregularly shaped object orbits the Sun once in 295 years.
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February 19th, 2021
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